{"id":279,"date":"2007-11-02T17:56:37","date_gmt":"2007-11-02T17:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bluoz.com\/blog\/?p=279"},"modified":"2007-11-02T17:56:37","modified_gmt":"2007-11-02T17:56:37","slug":"THC-lobbying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bluoz.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/02\/THC-lobbying\/","title":{"rendered":"THC lobbying"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alioto-Pier calls for a hearing on Tenderloin Housing Clinic – Board of Supervisors, October 30, 2007
\nnote that she specifically mentions what happened at the Mission Hotel<\/p>\n

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From today’s Beyondchron (Randy Shaw – what, me worried?)<\/a><\/p>\n

Me thinks he’s referring to this<\/p>\n

full 990 PDF here<\/a><\/p>\n

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I’ve always wondered about the people so heavily involved in local politics but aren’t elected<\/p>\n

the basic question revolves around this “Understanding what constitutes lobbying under
\nthe 1976 law is not difficult. In general, you are
\nlobbying when you state your position on specific
\nlegislation to legislators or other government
\nemployees who participate in the formulation of
\nlegislation, or urge your members to do so (direct
\nlobbying). In addition, you are lobbying when you
\nstate your position to the general public and ask the
\ngeneral public to contact legislators or other
\ngovernment employees who participate in the
\nformulation of legislation (grassroots lobbying).<\/p>\n

does THC do that?..through beyondchron?<\/p>\n

just an example> We also worked with Assembly member Mark Leno to get state legislation passed in 2003 to exempt SRO’s from the state Ellis Act.<\/a><\/p>\n

or this> (+) Randy Shaw, Tenderloin Housing Clinic
\n– Supports legislation<\/p>\n

from the Planning Commision 2002<\/a><\/p>\n

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for the Mission Hotel component, one thing THC didn’t do was cooperate with anybody when the press got interested. Maybe now they’ll have to cooperate when it comes to the Board of Supes who authorized the master leasing hotel arrangement in the first place. Questions like:
\nhow many people were recently fired an why?..It wasn’t just Carlos Hernandez either, but nobody can get anybody from THC to talk. This secrecy in a publicly funded institution is what is making people suspicious<\/p>\n

if there are audits of THC then why doesn’t THC make them public?<\/p>\n

In fact, according to the 990, THC is supposed to have filed a IRS form 5768<\/a> with the IRS, but Guidestar doesn’t have that<\/p>\n

It’s supposed to be publicly available and Beyondchron should be posting it if they have nothing to hide<\/p>\n

the form 5768 reads, in part<\/p>\n

Section references are to the Internal
\nRevenue Code.
\nSection 501(c)(3) states that an
\norganization exempt under that section
\nwill lose its tax-exempt status and its
\nqualification to receive deductible
\ncharitable contributions if a substantial
\npart of its activities are carried on to
\ninfluence legislation. Section 501(h),
\nhowever, permits certain eligible
\n501(c)(3) organizations to elect to make
\nlimited expenditures to influence
\nlegislation. An organization making the
\nelection will, however, be subject to an
\nexcise tax under section 4911 if it
\nspends more than the amounts
\npermitted by that section. Also, the
\norganization may lose its exempt status
\nif its lobbying expenditures exceed the
\npermitted amounts by more than 50%
\nover a 4-year period. For any tax year in
\nwhich an election under section 501(h) is
\nin effect, an electing organization must
\nreport the actual and permitted amounts
\nof its lobbying expenditures and grass
\nroots expenditures (as defined in section
\n4911(c)) on its annual return required
\nunder section 6033. See Schedule A
\n(Form 990 or Form 990-EZ). Each
\nelecting member of an affiliated group
\nmust report these amounts for both itself
\nand the affiliated group as a whole<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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